Thanks Ken! I would very much like to do a composition analysis and tensile strength a segment. Need about 6".

Decarbonized steel was (mostly) Bessemer process with a reported tensile strength of 55,000-70,000.

Both the 1902 and 1908 Sears catalogs listed the T. Barker with "Damascus Finish"; etched or roll-graved pattern over some sort of steel.